A few days ago I received the final printed edition of Macworld magazine. Even though I get most of my information these days digitally, I could never bring myself to cancel my subscription. There was something comforting about receiving it on my doorstep. Nobody should be surprised about any print publication shuttering in 2014 but that doesn't make it any less sad. Having made a small contribution over the last few years and seeing the Macworld team in action at Macworld expo, I can attest, Macworld was published by a fine group of geeks.

It is bittersweet to find a small automation piece I wrote made it into the final edition. I've published a lot of things in my life but I have to admit I always got a little bit of a thrill seeing my name in the magazine when it arrived.

This past week, Macworld ran an excellent series of articles on automation where several nerds (myself included) submitted some of our favorite Mac automation tips. I contributed to the pieces about app management and email management but there are more, and they are all golden.

Lex Friedman published an article in Macworld today where he interviewed several Mac luminaries and a slacker about how they manage contacts on their Macs and iThingies. I'll let you figure which role I played.

I was getting a lot of email about running lists and, frankly, puzzling over it myself. So I went on my very own running list spirit quest and wrote it up for Macworld. The winner was, surprisingly, Apple's Reminders app.

Today Macworld ran an article I wrote about how to choose a task application. It is remarkable how much better task management apps are on the Mac and iOS platforms today than they were just a few years ago.